EDCM Campaign against cuts to benefits paid to parents of disabled children

[KateMumsnet]

Hello

Today Every Disabled Child Matters, with whom we worked on our Respite Care Campaign, is calling on the government to rethink its decision to cut support for up to 170,000 families who have disabled children.

The Welfare Reform Bill proposes to cut benefits paid to low income or out of work families with disabled children by 50%. This amounts to a drop of £1400 per year - although these families often face higher basic costs than others, and may also find it harder to get employment which allows them to continue caring for their children.

If you'd like to write to the PM and ask him to reconsider, EDCM have made it easy to do so via this link. And don't forget to let us know what you think here on the thread.

Thanks

MNHQ

thanks.

It's not over yet. We can still fight this and loads of other propsals that will affect us. The DWP have already sent out a form to the public asking for the opinions of the disabled and charities about the propsed PIP and assessments, it shows 13 case studies so you can get a very rough idea of what is to come.

If they want opinions on it.......I say we give it to them. Download the form, print it off, sent it to them and tell tham exactly what you think of it and dont fucking hold back. Question everything you think you are not clear on, ask for details, who's doing the assessments, what qualifications do they have, what medical background do they have, whos going to support those who can not do face to face interview for mental assessments, what is going to be int he mental assessments, what about those who can not leave the house, what tasks are there, what provisions will be taken into account, compare what is better with the original assessments than to the new ones, what's going to add more stress by the new assessment...If we have to have then we will have it on OUR terms with OUR needs kept in mind, not some stupid tick box system.

Hit them with everything you can think of. We'll drown them in paperwork, we WILL get this thing stopped.

Fuck I'm angry now.

I dont know when they are debating carers allowance yet or if they already have. Will find out for you all.

bump, will be linking this to my fb page to raise awareness and shall look up my local mp, they emailed me a while ago asking my opinions on services for children in my area so i have a direct contact, i will use that to contact them.

Brilliant. Good Luck Madboys.

I have only just applied for Carers as I will be out of work from beginning of March. So.....do I face losing it within a year? I get DLA for my DS.

I dont know Dilly, I havent looked at that yet and I'm at college all day today, tonight I will ask around to see if I can find out something.

Thank you, I've signed every petition I can find and will be writing to my MP today to register my disgust.

Can I share this with you all to fill out?

www.surveymonkey.com/s/disabilitystrategyparentscarersfriends

It's for the government disability strategy consultation.

Not sure if this has been linked to?